Dont want it to scar her little face!!!

[beckoes]

DD fell over the other day and grazed her nose....wasnt too bad, just the top layer of skin, Then the next day she fell again, taking more skin off the same spot on her nose.
Now its a big red scab!! I dont want it to scar her little face!! But i dont know what i can do...should i put anything in it to help it heal??
What would you do?????

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

I think if its still a scab it might be better to leave it for the moment - not 100% sure on that though, someone smarter than me can probably help

Once the scabs gone though, you could use vitamin E cream regularly to get rid of any scarring. Having said that, kid's skin is resilient, you may not even have a problem

[Mother Goose]

The plastics Reg I work with recommends Vitamin E 3 times a day and to keep it out of the sunlight until fully healed. It may be white for a bit but should totally return to normal with time.

Having typed that, I would image it should heal normally on it's own. Think of all the spills you took as a kid - got any scars?

[Indadhanu]

OW! I have a little accident prone moosh here, and we just use some bepathen to keep to skin soft and stop it getting infected (if it gets infected it can cause more trauma to the area and possibley scar).

Jazz doesn't have any scars though, despite the amount of times she's hit the deck. This kid has bounced off walls and concrete actually, a little like that icon ROFL!

[koru]

I second the Vit E - internally and externally (you can break the capsule and rub the oil straight on). Also try your health food store for creams containing calendula (or even calendula essential oil - this one can be used undiluted) - this herb has excellent skin-healing properties. Best to wait til a good dry scab forms and keep her from picking at it (easier said than done!).

HTH

[koru]

Oops - forgot to add that calendula is a natural antiseptic too

[Daytona's Mummy]

When DS was about 3, he went over the top of his bike handle bars and straight down a gravel hill on his face. 1 Entire side of his face was torn/gravel rashed off (all skin gone completely) after hospital scrubbed all the gravel out, I kept up with Vit E oil several times a day and now 10 or so years later he only has the tiniest little scar on top of his lip you really need to look to see and his beauty spot that used to be just under his nose is now just above his top lip. I think, going by how bad it was, without the vit E oil, he definately would have had bad scarring! I always keep a small bottle of it handy (keeps wrinkles away too! ) FWIW.. He also lost the top of his knee down to the bone (in the same akko) and only used a cream the hospital advised but that has major scarring!

[Lulu]

Definitely leave the scab alone. Wait till the new skin grows but be careful of oils directly on the area. It can keep it a bit wet.
xoxoxoxo